Climate change matters to more and more people - and could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election

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🗞️ Driving the news: Climate change, although not the top concern for most American voters, has been shown to significantly influence presidential election outcomes, potentially swaying the 2020 election in favor of Joe Biden
• Recent research indicates a growing trend of climate change opinions providing electoral advantages to Democrats

🔭 The context: The analysis, conducted by the University of Colorado’s Center for Social and Environmental Futures, utilized Voter Study Group survey data from the 2016 and 2020 elections 
• It revealed an increase in voters rating climate change as "somewhat" or "very" important, with a marked preference for Biden among these voters in 2020

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: Climate change is becoming an increasingly salient issue, with political candidates' positions on climate and environmental policies potentially impacting the United States' approach to addressing global warming and environmental degradation

⏭️ What's next: The trend suggests climate change could offer an even larger electoral advantage to Democrats in 2024, though it's noted that other issues, like immigration, currently dominate voter concerns
• How candidates approach climate change could significantly influence the next presidential election

📈 One stat: In 2020, 67% of voters rated climate change as "somewhat important" or "very important," up from 62% in 2016

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